DieselnDust Posted June 7, 2020 Posted June 7, 2020 is it just me, or the groups have never been as big as they are at the moment ? Yesterday I did a big loop from Hoogekraal to conties and bloemendaler, and from the entrance at hk there was already a group of 10+ riders, by the time I was at the skills park I was already passing another group of at least 6-7 riders. And it kept like that throughout the ride. Usually when I ride at tygerberg I see mostly duos, and sometimes groups of 3 to 4 riders but not often such large groups ? This morning I went down to chapies on the road bike and it was ridiculous, groups of 20 riders using the whole road like they ******* own it... Luckily all the groups weren't that big every time, but it looks like poeple forgot they aren't alone out there... I spent the whole morning making my way around riders sometimes 3 side by side using the whole yellow line area and more, which is already a bit frustrating but it gets even dangerous when they do that on the ******* N1... come on guys... now we have to ride around you on the actual road with cars coming 130kph and more... **** off Chatting to a mate of mine who works for a distributor. He says He cant understand where all the demand is coming from; Bikes, water bottles, winter cycling clothing etc etc.Then you go for a ride at 10am o a Sunday morning and Chappies is empty but Hout Bay beach is full, Long beach must have 1000 surfers in the water, Muizenberg to Fish Hoek side walk and coastal walkway full of joggers. I lost count of the number of E-motorcycles on the road.Long may it continue! Duane_Bosch and guidodg 2
Duane_Bosch Posted June 7, 2020 Posted June 7, 2020 Agreed. I'm loving all the people taking back the streets. Yes there were a few very large peletons out this morning but you can hardly blame people for being out. We left HB at 6.30 this morning. Being on chappies in the dark with the moon for company was totally magical. Headed to Simon's town and we only really saw the peletons when we were already heading home. Patchelicious, Pure Savage and Hairy 3
Pure Savage Posted June 7, 2020 Posted June 7, 2020 Highlights.........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y3k43DJTck&Kids watched it and now want to go ride by the sea [emoji1787][emoji1787] capediver 1
Pure Savage Posted June 7, 2020 Posted June 7, 2020 Agreed. I'm loving all the people taking back the streets. Yes there were a few very large peletons out this morning but you can hardly blame people for being out. We left HB at 6.30 this morning. Being on chappies in the dark with the moon for company was totally magical. Headed to Simon's town and we only really saw the peletons when we were already heading home.Moon was massive yesterday. DieselnDust, DJR and Duane_Bosch 3
Patchelicious Posted June 7, 2020 Posted June 7, 2020 Highlights.........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y3k43DJTck&You’ve got some really cool edits ????????And you ride that gravel bike better than I could ride my MTB. DJR and capediver 2
Jbr Posted June 7, 2020 Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) I’m finding everywhere to be busy. Table mountain today was the busiest I have ever seen it no thanks to the geniuses who decided to close LH so you have everyone now on the mountain nice and packed. Also this glorious weather is to blame .nothing is to blame for people going out on their bikes, that's a good thing. But they don't have to do it in massive groups and behave like they own the entire road. Most of the time when I go down the coast I find the drivers to be dangerous and aggressive, today I thought they were veeeeery patient considering the behavious of some of our fellow riders. Anyways, it's good to be out there on the bicycle and outside of that 5km radius of doom ! Edited June 7, 2020 by Jbr capediver, Vetplant and ChrisF 3
Duane_Bosch Posted June 7, 2020 Posted June 7, 2020 Blouberg to Melkbos and back on Frida arvo. Jonkers yesterday. Simon's Town and back this morning. Loads of people out doing their thing. There's a celebration of life going on out there. capediver and DieselnDust 2
RocknRolla Posted June 7, 2020 Posted June 7, 2020 Been avoiding the mornings, and ot has been pure bliss, the roads and trails are dead quiet. I should stop going on about it, as this will surely spark a new “avoid the crowds” phenomenon, and my quiet rides will be spoilt... DJR, Vetplant, Duane_Bosch and 1 other 4
PhilipV Posted June 8, 2020 Posted June 8, 2020 I rode Helderberg yesterday. First proper adrenalin and endorphin cocktail since the start of April. I did not realise how badly I missed it. My speed wasn't there in the rough stuff, and the back end was as loose a Ranger on a gravel road with the traction nanny switched off. Lekker. Midday ride so I saw no other riders but a couple of hikers. They seem to like the MTB trails, or don't know better, so we'll have to be careful and wary of them. Hopefully I'll get out to Jonkers and Grabouw soon. DieselnDust, Duane_Bosch and Jako De Wet 3
The Ouzo Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 They are great lights, no more cables and battery packs. I tried twice to buy from bike addict, but both times, they said no stock, so I bought one from CRC and the other from a bike shop in Canary Wharf.The lights arrived yesterday.Charged them up over night and brought them to work to play with and get to know them before I mount them to the bike tonight. They really seem to be well made and are damn bright. I'm going to try and commute by bike tomorrow. Andrew64, Duane_Bosch and RocknRolla 3
ChrisF Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 I rode Helderberg yesterday. First proper adrenalin and endorphin cocktail since the start of April. I did not realise how badly I missed it. My speed wasn't there in the rough stuff, and the back end was as loose a Ranger on a gravel road with the traction nanny switched off. Lekker. Midday ride so I saw no other riders but a couple of hikers. They seem to like the MTB trails, or don't know better, so we'll have to be careful and wary of them. Hopefully I'll get out to Jonkers and Grabouw soon.Encountered some hikers along the Tygerberg Traverse yesterday ... can be fun around fast corners .... They certainly were friendly
Chingy182 Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 Did my first mtb ride at Bloemendal trails on Saturday morning. I must say that has been the most cyclists I have seen out on the trails in a day.
Jbr Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) Did my first mtb ride at Bloemendal trails on Saturday morning. I must say that has been the most cyclists I have seen out on the trails in a day.If you want to avoid the crowds bloemies is the last place you want to go haha, except for bloemendaaler but it isn't in the best condition at the moment, only did it on the XC bike this weekend, and I forgot to unlock my shock, it felt rouuuuuugh Hopefully I can get the enduro bike ready shortly... can't believe I threw away a perfectly good front tyre when I cleaned up the garage :'( Edited June 9, 2020 by Jbr
Chingy182 Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 If you want to avoid the crowds bloemies is the last place you want to go haha, except for bloemendaaler but it isn't in the best condition at the moment, only did it on the XC bike this weekend, and I forgot to unlock my shock, it felt rouuuuuugh Hopefully I can get the enduro bike ready shortly... can't believe I threw away a perfectly good front tyre when I cleaned up the garage :'(Honestly, I didn't mind at all. Being locked up for so long, it is refreshing going out on a morning ride with 10 000 people around me. The only slightly annoying bit was riding the Altydgedacht/D'Aria corridor with traffic going both ways and a lot of sections not really catering for an easy pass.
The Ouzo Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 The lights arrived yesterday.Charged them up over night and brought them to work to play with and get to know them before I mount them to the bike tonight. They really seem to be well made and are damn bright. I'm going to try and commute by bike tomorrow.Wow, 1000 lumens is bright, like having your cars headlights on. Just took a spin around the ‘hood to test. Duane_Bosch, Underachiever and TNT1 3
Duane_Bosch Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 Wow, 1000 lumens is bright, like having your cars headlights on.Just took a spin around the ‘hood to test.A car headlight is around 700 lumens.
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